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A disability condition that may arise from birth or later is a condition that significantly affects a person’s social life in a negative way. This obstacle in front of disabled individuals is often considered to be dependent on the attitudes of the environment. Children’s development program that works in educational institutions, which are part of the social environment, emphasizes the attitudes of students towards disabled individuals. Therefore, in this study, the child development program aims to study the relationship between the students’ attitudes towards the disabled, whether their attitudes vary according to the class, type of high school graduation, the variables in receiving special education lessons, the attitudes of the students towards the disabled and the communication skills. In this study, a relational scan model was used. The personal information form prepared by researchers for the purpose of collecting data in the study was used, "Multi-dimensional scale of attitude towards disabled people" and "Communication Skills Scale - Adult Form". In the analysis of data, independent sampling t test and one-way variance analysis were used. This study found that the students’ opinions were positive, their feelings and behaviors were negative, their attitudes at class level did not change, the attitudes of professional high school graduates and the students who took special training classes were more positive.

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